FROM 64 TEAMS DOWN TO 1. SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WIN SIX GAMES. PROBLEM IS- THAT LAST ONE IS LIKELY TO BE THE áTOUGHEST ONEá YOU'VE PLAYED ALL YEAR. TAKE WINSTON-SALEM PREP- 1A STATE CHAMPS EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY WON THEIR FIRST áFIVEá STATE PLAYOFF GAMES BY AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 28 POINTS. EAST CARTERET DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. THE 31-0 MARINERS SHOT 14 FOR 29 FROM 3, AND HAD A ONE- POINT LEAD WITH LESS THAN 10 SECONDS TO GO. WILL TIBBS' 3 POINT SHOT WAS OFF THE MARK- BUT KWA'TRE HOLLINGSWORTH WAS THERE FOR THE WEAK- SIDE PUT BACK. AFTER A TIPPED IN- BOUNDS PASS, EAST NEARLY HIT ITS 15TH THREE OF THE GAME BUT IT RIMMED OUT, MAKING THE PHOENIX THE 3-TIME CHAMPS- TIED FOR THE LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK IN THE STATE. IT'S EXCITING FOR OUR FANS...SENIORS STANDING THERE BEHIND YOU. TRACK HARD TO TOP THAT DRAMA. BUT THE ANDREWS GIRLS CAME PRETTY CLOSE IN THE 2A FINAL. THEY ENTERED THE 4TH QUARTER OF THEIR TITLE GAME DOWN 7... ONLY TO GO ON A 9-OH RUN. IMANI WATKINS HAD 15 OF HER GAME-HIGH 27 IN THE FINAL FRAME. AND NOT ONLY DID THE RED RAIDERS CAPTURE THEIR FIRST STATE TITLE IN WOMEN'S HOOPS, THEY BECAME THE ONLY TEAM IN THE ENTIRE STATE TO WIN A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SCHOOL YEAR. EVERY YEAR I THINK... IS EXTRAORDINARY. TRACK THEN THERE'S BISHOP MCGUINNESS. THE LADY VILLAINS WERE TRYINIG TO CAPTURE THEIR áNINTHá STRAIGHT 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAD A 7 POINT LEAD AT HALFTIME. BUT BY THE 4TH QUARTER- IT WAS GONE. DOWN 2 WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT, HARVARD-BOUND SENIOR CAMERON NIETERS TIED THINGS UP AT 58. THAT WAS THE SAME SCORE WHEN RIVERSIDE WENT TO THE FREE THROW LINE WITH FIVE SECONDS TO PLAY, ONLY TO MISS BOTH. ALEX PUTNAM GRABBED THE REBOUND, RACED TO HALF COURT, AND LET IT FLY. AND THE REST IS HISTORY! IT'S AN AMAZING... IT'S GREAT. TRACK ANDREWS, PREP, AND BISHOP... THEY MARCHED IN MARCH. AND THEY'RE THIS WEEK'S FLOW ATHLETES OF THE WEEK. IF YOU KNOW A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO'S BEATING THE ODDS, OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, OR HAS A UNIQUE STORY, NOMINATE THEM TO BE THE NEXT ATHLETE OF THE WEEK. SEND EMAILS TO "SPORTS- AT- WXII12- DOT COM" OR YOU CAN FIND ME ON TWITTER... AT- KENNY-BECK-W-X-I-I.